Red Faction: Battlegrounds

Game Summary

The signature destructive gameplay from Red Faction: Guerrilla comes to the downloadable arcade with Red Faction: Battlegrounds! Jump into your favorite tank or mech using your Gauss Cannons, Rocket Launchers and Singularity Bombs to destroy the competition, and environment along with it. Battle your way through treacherous Martian deserts, terraformed enclaves and more in a variety of different multiplayer modes and single player challenges. Rank up by defeating the competition and unlock new content including maps, vehicles, weapons and even items for the upcoming Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and PC game, Red Faction: Armageddon.

Game Review

Close your eyes and remember back to when the original Xbox was released and the game MechAssault was in its heyday. Those were glorious times, but what made MechAssault work and grab the hearts of gamers? Giant innovative mechs, intense weaponry, massive explosions--and how did it always end up? Absolute multiplayer mayhem. Fast forward to present day. Open your eyes, turn on your Xbox 360 and...
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These days most gamers are used to being squeezed out of every penny possible by cash-strapped publishers. That's why we don't really seem too phased by shelling out $10-$15 for downloadable content, even if what we're getting isn't really all that significant. That's why it's so surprising to hear that THQ is working their hardest to provide the upcoming Red Faction: Battlegrounds absolutely free. Or, failing that, at least for as cheap as humanly possible.
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THQ is expanding the Red Faction universe once more as the company has just announced Red Faction: Battlegrounds. The new title will focus on vehicle combat and is said to be presented in a top-down fashion. The game is also set to support four players on the same screen, though whether it will be for co-op, competitive multiplayer or both we don't yet know. Battlegrounds will be available on both Xbox Live and PSN though release date has been given. Since the title is meant to be a companion piece for the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon, we expect to see it debut sometime in the next few months.
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